Since the Sign-in System had been triggered,
Shen Shihuang had no reason not to go.
"Looks like, if I want to trigger the Sign-in System more often in the future, I'll have to visit more places."
"Otherwise, this Sign-in System might as well not exist."
The Nalan Family.
Shen Shihuang looked at the gate, wondering what excuse he could use to get inside.
A short while later,
Nalan Yanran unexpectedly walked out. "May I ask who you're looking for?"
Nalan Yanran saw Shen Shihuang and asked.
Shen Shihuang blurted out, "I heard the Nalan Family was looking for an alchemist, so I came to take a look."
Nalan Yanran's eyes lit up when she heard that. "You're an alchemist?"
Shen Shihuang: "I'm not."
Nalan Yanran's expression changed in an instant. "Then why are you here?"
Shen Shihuang: "I've never seen an alchemist before, so I thought I'd come have a look."
Nalan Yanran: "...!"
For a moment,
Nalan Yanran looked at Shen Shihuang with some wariness. After all, if a stranger showed up at your door looking like this, who wouldn't be on guard?
Shen Shihuang gave an embarrassed smile.
He said, "I really just came to take a look. Maybe I have another way to help?"
Nalan Yanran frowned.
She turned around. "Come with me."
"Remember, don't wander off."
If Shen Shihuang hadn't been handsome and seemed like a decent person, Nalan Yanran would never have let him through the gate.
Most importantly,
Nalan Yanran sensed an incredibly terrifying aura from Shen Shihuang. Though he had restrained his aura, she often spent time around Dou Huang experts, so she could still sense the aura of a powerful expert like him.
"What a mysterious guy."
Nalan Yanran led Shen Shihuang into the courtyard, where he heard the others questioning Xiao Yan.
"Sign-in location reached."
"Signed in at the Nalan Family."
"Sign-in reward: Earth Tier Dou Technique, Tyrant's Fury."
Buzz!!!
The System's voice rang in Shen Shihuang's ears. Then a flood of information poured into his mind, as though it were something he had already mastered and was merely recalling. It was truly strange.
"Low Earth Tier Dou Technique?"
"Tyrant's Fury!"
As Shen Shihuang absorbed the information about the Dou Technique, he felt a little dissatisfied. "System, I'm already a Dou Zong expert. Isn't giving me a Low Earth Tier Dou Technique a little beneath me?"
System: "...!"
"Please hurry and travel across the continent, Host. You may trigger other sign-in locations and unlock even more powerful items."
Shen Shihuang: "...!"
"So my journey is only just beginning?"
Shen Shihuang seemed to realize something, and the corners of his mouth lifted into a faint smile.
Nalan Yanran had been watching Shen Shihuang the whole time. Seeing his expression change again and again, then noticing the smile he finally wore, she thought he was just some idle loafer who had come here to witness the elegance of an alchemist.
After all,
alchemists were so rare, and held such high status, that many people never even got the chance to see one.
"Being young doesn't mean anything."
"Kid, you seem to have something others don't. Why waste your breath here with them? Just show it to them and shut them up." Hearing those people's words, Shen Shihuang spoke to Xiao Yan.
Now that the sign-in was over, there was no reason for him to stay any longer.
Xiao Yan glanced at Shen Shihuang in surprise.
As the person involved,
Xiao Yan naturally understood what Shen Shihuang meant.
"May I ask who you are?" Xiao Yan asked.
Shen Shihuang knew he possessed a Heavenly Flame. That wasn't just a matter of keen observation—it spoke to his strength.
"I'm just passing through."
Shen Shihuang waved his hand and turned to leave. "Some things don't need to be hidden forever. Only by showing them will others understand and fear you, instead of endlessly running their mouths at you."
Watching Shen Shihuang leave so casually, Nalan Yanran wanted to speak, but when something appeared in Xiao Yan's hand, she opened her mouth and couldn't utter a word.
A blue flame, shaped like a lotus.
The nineteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking: Green Lotus Core Flame.
The instant the Green Lotus Core Flame appeared,
the temperature in the entire courtyard soared.
"I wonder, does this Heavenly Flame qualify?" Xiao Yan said coldly.
The sight of the Green Lotus Core Flame changed everyone's expression. They were all first- or second-tier alchemists, and Heavenly Flames had only ever existed in legends to them. How could they have ever seen such a wondrous thing?
The instant that blue flame appeared,
they could clearly feel that the flames within their bodies wouldn't even respond when they tried to summon them.
"I'll take my leave!"
An old man rose to his feet, his face flushed with shame, and spoke.
Nalan Su was still in shock and didn't even acknowledge the alchemists as they took their leave.
By the time he came to his senses,
excitement spread across Nalan Su's face. He hurried over to Xiao Yan. "Young friend Yan Xiao, I truly have to ask for your help this time."
Xiao Yan put away the Green Lotus Core Flame and said calmly, "I can't promise anything yet. I'll have to see the patient first."
Nalan Su: "You're right. I'll take young friend Yan Xiao to see my father now."
"Yanran, give the gifts we prepared to the alchemist masters who came."
"Make sure none of them feel slighted."
Nalan Yanran nodded.
Everyone who had come was to receive a gift, whether or not they could help.
However,
when Nalan Yanran brought out the prepared gifts and went to the hall where the alchemists had been asked to wait, there wasn't a single person there.
"Those guys."
Nalan Yanran understood perfectly well.
With an alchemist bearing a Heavenly Flame having shown up, those other alchemists had no face left to stay and accept gifts.
"Still,"
Nalan Yanran wasn't stupid.
That last guy she'd brought in seemed to have needed only one glance to know that Yan Xiao had a Heavenly Flame. Just who was he?
At that thought,
Nalan Yanran hurried outside.
But there was no sign of him.
"Mysterious guy."
Nalan Yanran's curiosity had been stirred once more. "I never expected Mr. Yan Xiao to look about my age and yet possess such a wondrous thing as a Heavenly Flame."
She knew that Pill King Gu He had wanted a Heavenly Flame his entire life, but after searching for so long, he'd found nothing.
She hadn't expected a young man to possess even the thing Pill King Gu He coveted.
Simply terrifying.
At the inn,
Shen Shihuang studied the Low Earth Tier Dou Technique he had obtained. What he lacked most right now was Dou Techniques. The Snake-People Tribe had some, but most weren't suited to him. The strongest he could use was a high Yellow Tier technique...
"Tyrant's Fury."
"It uses Dou Qi to unleash terrifying power in an instant. With the boost of another kind of power, the force it unleashes becomes even more terrifying."
This Dou Technique was simple.
It was a technique that unleashed power in a burst.
"I have a Heavenly Flame. If I use Tyrant's Fury, it should be enough to rival a high Earth Tier Dou Technique, right?"
Heavenly Flames
were the most violent things on the Dou Qi Continent.
They were the perfect match for Tyrant's Fury.
"I'm looking forward to the next sign-in locations and rewards."
Shen Shihuang wore a satisfied smile.
"I wonder if the sign-in rewards include other Heavenly Flames. If they do, that would save me so much time."